Direct IPTV / mancaveiptv.biz

by psycho_driver

I can't speak for how well the service may integrate with Kodi, as I used (and spent a lot of time configuring) mythtv for the service. I can't imagine it would be all that well as I saw no evidence of guide data being provided.

I paid for a 1 year sub from a reseller I had already worked with through another (Euro based) provider. I've been using it for about 2 months now.

The streams are hit and miss. There are some HD streams, but more SD. From what I've seen on temporarily down channels it's a mix of DirecTV and Dish feeds. The live streams have real trouble with the MythTV playback, though usually recordings go ok (maybe 2/3 of the time there aren't major problems somewhere in the stream). Based on the channel lineup I'd be willing to accept the mediocre service.

HOWEVER. Somewhere about a month after my sub began my credentials no longer worked. I contacted my reseller and (s)he provided me with new credentials. I wondered if my reseller was simply buying the service a month at a time--still not sure. However, it turned out (after some investigating) that my home IP had been banned. I had to sign up for VPN service to get it going again. I notified my reseller and (s)he stated that I had not been banned.

About a week later I couldn't connect again. After blowing it off for a couple of weeks since I was busy and then on vacation, I once more got a fresh set of credentials from my reseller and once again investigated to find that I had been IP banned from the set of VPN servers I was connecting through. This time the reseller tells me that I can only have 1 connection at a time and I can't restream. ToS information that would have been helpful from the start. I had just that weekend adjusted my mythtv backend to have 3 recorders, and there may have been a tiny period of time where 2 had been running concurrently. OK, maybe that was a valid-ish ban.

On to a new set of VPN servers and everything is peachy again . . . for about a week. Today I find my login credentials are once more invalid. Literally while I'm writing an email to the reseller (and stating 'at least I'm not IP banned this time') I leave VLC running in the background trying to connect to the streams on the m3u playlist. Whattaya know, after I shut it down and re-ping the server my packets are being dropped. An IP ban for letting VLC run through the playlist in it's default behavior. I have fired off a rather grumpy email to my reseller and reached out to Direct IPTV via facebook messenger (marked as read an hour ago - no response).

I'm willing to walk away from my year sub just to get with a provider that isn't absolute crap. Avoid these guys.

[deleted]

Can you clarify which one is the IPTV provider and which one is the IPTV reseller?

TheDirtbik3rGuy

I paid for a month. Nothing but problems from these guys. Half the channels don't work, constant buffering. Made a post on their Facebook page about my problems and when nobody could help, they deleted it. I privately message the main guys for directiptv, and no reply after a week. Not impressed, cannot recommend their service.

reviewzv

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